Arizona Supreme Court· 12/14/1981

Johnson v. Johnson

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638 P.2d 705
131 Ariz. 38
1981 Ariz. LEXIS 267

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holding that pension rights, whether vested or non-vested, are community property insofar as they were earned during the marriage
recognizing that a non-employee spouse may be awarded her community interest in the employee spouse’s pension benefits under either the “present cash value method” or the “reserved jurisdiction method”
reasoning that when employment benefits are earned, not when they vest, is determinative to assess whether the community acquired an interest
upholding “general rule that where either spouse incurs an obligation during marriage for the benefit of the community, that debt is presumed to be a community obligation”
If “the tax consequences could be immediately and specifically determined . . . . the court should consider the effects”
unmatured pension right is one that does not confer an unconditional right to immediate payment of normal retirement benefits

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Judges: Holohan, Struckmeyer, Hays, Cameron, Gordon

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